2018 Garden World Spring Festival ‘A Sense of Place’

Garden 7 - A Measure of FormalityA ‘Sense of Place’ is the theme for this year’s Spring Festival at Garden World from Friday July 27 to Sunday September 2. The challenge to landscapers creating the 17 show gardens is to design gardens with mood, atmosphere and personal style. Participating landscapers include last year’s People’s Choice winner, Lizette Nieman of Strylitzia Landscapes, and other gold medal winners as well as new landscapers. The popular children’s gardens will be featured as well as display gardens by Rand Water and the SA National Botanical Gardens.

Garden Worlds very own exhibit 'A World in One Country'

Arderne Gardens, Claremont, Cape TownA first this year will be Garden World’s very own ‘A World In One Country’. An exhibit which will feature settings of flora from The Table Mountain National Park in the Western Cape, Coffee Bay on the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape, The Arderne Gardens with its shady glades, romantic nooks and ponds in Claremont in the Western Cape and a farm scene in Namaqualand in the Northern Cape.

This indigenous garden that is inspired by African biodiversity showcases water-wise Aloes, shrubs and groundcovers. Aloes are the main focus with their stunning flowers that combine with their unique forms, foliage colour and texture.

Looking at water scarcity in South Africa, gardening with succulents is the way forward. These indigenous succulents are well adapted to survive the dry and often harsh African weather.

Every now and then we need to sit back, relax and detach from the loud city noises and get in touch with nature and this is the way to go.

Garden World - Gold Award Winners

Inspiration: Munda Wangu which means ‘My Garden’ gives it a deep sense of identity and therefore my own personal “Sense of Place”. This garden is designed to suit both urban and country settings through carefully combined features, finishes and plant selections.

This outdoor living space has both strong geometric and organic lines which define the deck and seating area spaces that make up the heart of the garden.

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A water feature welcomes visitors at the side entrance and is close enough for its soothing sounds to be enjoyed at the seating area.

Garden World - High Gold Award Winners

Inspiration: The design for the Celebrations Retirement Show Garden is based on the look and feel of the Retirement Estate. The design itself draws inspiration from the everyday garden, a comfortable, homely and manageable space.

Using the plants specified for the estate, visitors to the show garden can draw inspiration on how to successfully utilise a smaller space, while keeping within guidelines and a specific style of architecture.

With ever shrinking living spaces, the Celebrations Show Garden aims to showcase what can be achieved.